The homeowners association hired a company, Trutech, to remove the nuisance ducks a Trails subdivision pond, but the removal horrified residents.

Residents said the ducks were shot with pellets and left in the pond to drown.

“To see something struggle to keep its head up so he wouldn't drown and just going back in the water, I mean that's just, it's just terrible,” John Schreiner said.

Ormond Beach police sent criminal complaints against the two workers to the State Attorney’s Office

Residents shared pictures of ducks dead or dying in the water, their carcasses littered the shoreline.

They said not only did the ducks suffer, Trutech employees didn't bag the animals afterward, but just left them on the grass and in the pond.

A company spokesman refuses to say whether the workers were disciplined or whether they are making any changes to removal procedures. In an email, they did say they followed Fish and Wildlife Commission protocol.

“We are cooperating with the Ormond Beach Animal Services and the Ormond Beach Police Department as they evaluate the ducks' removal,” the company said in a statement.

Outraged witnesses told us they don't need time to evaluate anything.

“You want to move a duck or ducks in this case, that's fine, but to show up here early in the morning and kill them and just leave them here, is just shocking,” John Griffin said.

ARE SORRY ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE. NOW THE LATEST A WESH 2 NEWS EXCLUSIVE. OUTRAGE OVER THE MASSACRE OF MASCOVEY DUCKS AT A POND IN ORMOND BEACH. POLICE ARE GETTING INVOLVED. CLAIRE METZ REPORTS THEY FILED AN ANIMAL CRUELTY COMPLAINT AGAINST EMPLOYEES AT A LAKELAND PEST REMOVAL COMPANY. THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION DID HIRE THE COMPANY TRUE TECH TO REMOVE WHEN THEY CONSIDER NUISANCE DUCKS FROM THIS POND IN THE TRAIL SUBDIVISION. AND THE REMOVAL SERVICES CAN USE AIR RIFLES. BUT THE WAY THEY USE THEM SAY HORRIFIED RESIDENTS AND NOW POLICE WAS ESPECIALLY CRUEL. THERE WERE A FEW MUSCOVY DUCKS AT THE POND TODAY. SURVIVORS OF WHAT RESIDENTS CALLED A SLAUGHTER APRIL 29TH WHEN DUCKS WERE SHOT WITH PELLETS AND LEFT TO DROWN. SEEING SOMETHING STRUGGLE TO KEEP ITS HEAD UP SO HE WOULDN'T DROWN AND JUST GOING BACK IN THE WATER. I MEAN, JUST -- IT'S JUST TERRIBLE. RESIDENTS SHARED PICTURES OF DUCKS DEAD OR DYING IN THE WATER. CARCASSES LITTERING THE SHORELINE. THEY SAID NOT ONLY DID THE DUCKS SUFFER. TRUE TECH EMPLOYEES DIDN'T BAG THE ANIMALS. JUST LEFT THEM THERE. A COMPANY SPOKESMAN REFUSES TO SAY WHETHER WORKERS WERE DISCIPLINED OR WHETHER THEY'RE MAKING CHANGES TO REMOVAL PROCEDURES. IN AN EMAIL THEY DID SAY THEY FOLLOWED FISH AND WILDLIFE PROTOCOL BUT ADDED WE ARE COOPERATING WITH THE ORMOND BEACH ANIMAL SERVICES AND THE ORMOND BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AS THEY EVALUATE THE DUCKS REMOVAL. OUTRAGED WITNESSES TOLD US THEY DON'T NEED TIME TO EVALUATE ANYTHING. YOU WANT TO MOVE A DUCK OR DUCKS IN THIS CASE THAT'S FINE. BUT TO JUST SHOW UP HERE IN THE MORNING AND KILL THEM THEN JUST LEAVE THEM HERE IS JUST SHOCKING. ORMOND BEACH POLICE SENT CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE TWO WORKERS TO THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. A SPOKESMAN TELLS ME THEY'RE IN RECEIPT OF THEM BUT NOT HAVE YET

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